The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-09
GENERAL NEWS NOTES:
Items Of Interest Gathered from Nariou
Quarters.

Crops In the vicinity Of Air Mount,
Miss, have been ruined by hailstorm.
The decrease in the public debt since the
Both June, 1886, Is $92, 1854, ,021.2t.
Buffalo Bill proposes to continue on
as long as 1t pays.
Jay Gould Is down with bad attack of
neuralgia at his country home on the Hud
son.
a distinct shock of earthquake was felt
In jamestown, N. Y, on Tuesday morn
ing, but no damage was done.
The Prince of Wales is said TO have
dropped" q comfortable fortune on the
result of the last Derby race.
1t is estimated at the Treasury Depart
ment that the public debt has for the month
OF May been reduced about SIC, 900, 600. d
Sixty-two bodies have been recovered
from the Udstone pit, near Glasgow, and
twelve are still entombed.
The National Bank of Palatlla, Fla, is
! embarrassed, and the Comptroller of the
Currency has ordered an investigation of
its affairs.
A fire In Hamburg, Germany, on Tues
day night. destroyed docks, quays and
| other property, valued at several million
marks.
Walter and Charles Davis, brothers, deS-
perato characters, of Perry county, Indi
ana, were lynchcd on Monday for outrag-
ing white girl ii years old.
The news from Italy indicates that there
| can be no reconciliation between the Vat
| can and the Quirinal with the restitution
of the Pope's temporal power.
The Young Mems Democratic Club, of
| Hudson county, N. j., has organized q
movement to secure funds for monument
to the late General Mcclellan.
| Buffalo Bill is being overwhelmed with
| social hOnOrs In London and with requests
to contribute sketches of border life in
America to various English journals.
The outcome of the late political crisis
in France Is said to be the placing of an
unusually economical administration in
power. Boulanger is greeted with great
enthusiasm.
1t Is said that when John l.. Sullivan was
In Lcadville, Col, recently, he went to
church and put $400 on the contribution
plate. The contribution plate is shown in
proof of the assertion.
The Princess of Wales has presented
Mrs, James Brown Potter with handsome
gold bracelet, set with sapplircs and dia-
monds, and an autograph letter filled with
expressions Of friendly regard.
A Washington correspondent says: | am
told by one who ought to know that the
President will not consider an appointment
to the vacancy on the Supreme bench till
fall, as there is no necessity TO do so.
John Sherman has made big speech be-
fore the Illinois Legislature and gather
ing of Republicans. He compared the
records of the two great parties, in tpoltics
and finances, and urged the necessity Of
Republican asccndcncy.
Richard Williams, in attempting to Jump
on a south bound train passing over the
James river bridge, fell a distance Of 60
feet below. Strange to say, he suffered
only the breaking of his collar bone and
some severe bruises.
The boiler In the Hitchcock Manufactur.
ing Company's works at Cortland, n. Y,
exploded Monday, dcmolishing the engine,
| room, killing one man and mOltallv
wounding two others. Cause unknown
Since the adjournment of Congress-
Senator RiddlcbCrger has devoted his time
entirely to his newspaper and his law prac-
ucc. In less than three months he has
acted as senior counsel in six important
cases i'll his State and gained every one
A prominent official who has talked with
the President says that he has decided to
give the vacant Justiccship of the Supreme
Court to some Southern man, but tho Sc
| lection will not be confined to the late
Judge Wo6ds's circuit.
The Supreme Court Of PENNSYLVANIA sus-
tains number of decisions Of lower Courts
from which appeal was taken, denying the
right OF the State to tax mortgages The
decision cuts off about half million dol
lars 1cYcnue, but settles q long veXcd qucs-
tiOn.
The General Assembly of the United
Presbyterian Church has been earnestly
discussing the question Of instrumental
music in public worship. A protest was
entered by several members against giving
any money from the mission fund to con,
gregations using the organ in public wOr-
ship.
John Doyle, an ex-policcman of Balti-
| more, who has quite u local reputation as a
wrestler, defeated hIatsada Sarakck, the
japanese athlete, in catch-as- you can
match, winning two falls out of three. The
match was for $3.50 a side, and was a splcn-
did exhibition.
The boiler on an elevator in Huntingdon,
w. Va, exploded Monday morning, Kill,
ing three men and badly iniuring three
| others. a dozen besides were more or less
injured, and one man is missing. The Gle
Vator was run by the boiler Of an old loco
motive that had been condemned.
a horse drawing carriage containing
three ladies and a gentleman became
frightened at q train near Kansas CITY,
Mo-, on Monday night, and ran violently
against freight car. One of the ladies
was killed, and the others were mortally
hurt. The gentleman suffered no serious
injury,
VIM. II. Council, a colorcd Democrat
from Alabama, has complained to the In.
ter-Statc Commission that the Western and
Atlantic Railroad charged him 1irSt.cass
fare, but made him ride on "Jim Crow"
car. lie asks the Commission to award
him $25, 900 damages, with such other re.
lief as may be proper.
There have been two attempts within the
| past few weeks by the prisoners in Sumter
Jail to effect an escape. Last Saturday the
janitor while taking the prisoners their
morning meal missed one of them, and
while looking for him he was struck over
the head by the missing prisoner who was
hiding behind a column. The ianitor in n
few minutes ovcrpowcrcd his assailant,
who was then put in irons.